onomatopoeia for crying or cawing
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
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1 sense · 3 examplesonomatopoeia
onomatopoeia for the crying of children or cawing of crows
Often used as 哇哇地哭 or 哇哇叫 to describe loud, unrestrained crying or harsh cawing sounds. Can also describe the sound of infants crying.
Wū乌
yā鸦
zài在
shù树
shàng上
wā哇
wā哇
de地
jiào叫
。
The crow is cawing loudly in the tree.
Xiǎo小
hái孩
er儿
shuāi摔
dǎo倒
le了
，
wā哇
wā哇
dà大
kū哭
qǐ起
lái来
。
The child fell down and started wailing loudly.
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Tā她
qì气
de得
wā哇
wā哇
zhí直
jiào叫
。
She was so angry that she screamed at the top of her lungs.